Sarah Beran

Sarah Beran is a partner at Macro Advisory Partners leading its China practice and a senior fellow at UC San Diego's 21st Century China Center. A veteran U.S. Foreign Service diplomat, she previously served as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and as senior director for China and Taiwan affairs on President Biden's National Security Council.

Trump-Xi Summit Prep Risks Leaving Security Flashpoints Off the Table

Sarah Beran, a former diplomat and national security official, argues that the Trump-Xi summit is being prepared through an economic channel that cannot handle the relationship’s highest-risk disputes. In conversation with Elizabeth Economy, Beran says the meeting may produce useful optics and limited trade progress, but without national-security preparation on cyber, Taiwan, arms control and military channels, it is unlikely to do more than briefly stabilize a relationship defined by recurring tension and mutual leverage.

Hoover InstitutionMay 13, 202618 min read